2023 Excellence Awards Event Recap

Earlier this week, we celebrated our 2023 Excellence in Historic Preservation Awardees with our first in-person Awards ceremony since 2019. It was a sold out crowd, with winners coming from all over the state and other supporters joining us to honor their great work. As League President Jay DiLorenzo said during his opening remarks, winners of the Excellence Award always inspire us — and I think everyone left Monday night’s event feeling that same inspiration. Watch the video below to learn more about each of the 2023 winners. If you couldn’t join us in person you can relive the evening through our event photos. You can also find a digital copy of the event program here.

Many thanks to our leadership giving group, the Excelsior Society, for underwriting the 2023 Excellence Awards event. And thank you to everyone who supported this year's Awards by placing ads in our event program: AYON Studio; Carmina Wood Design; Green-Wood; RXR; Cheap Old Houses; Johnson-Schmidt & Associates, Architects; Vertical Access; Woodlawn Cemetery; Home Leasing, Foss & Company.

All photos by Jordan Rathkopf

The 2023 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award winners are:

Projects

  • Olean’s First National Bank and Siegel Shoes Revitalization, Olean, Cattaraugus Co.

  • Nash Lofts, Buffalo, Erie Co.

  • The Rehabilitation of Pier 57, New York Co.

  • Bent’s Opera House, Medina, Orleans Co.

Individuals

  • Claudette Brady, Brooklyn, Kings Co.

  • Julie Nucci, Owego, Tioga Co.

Organizations

  • Bridge to Crafts Careers, New York Co.

  • Kingston City Land Bank, Kingston, Ulster Co.

The Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards program is integral and essential to the work of the League. This year’s winners represent the very best of what the League stands for and supports in historic preservation. This program allows us to highlight Projects, Organizations, Publications, and Individuals that exemplify best practices in historic preservation and recognize the people who are using historic preservation to build stronger neighborhoods, create local jobs, provide affordable housing, open our eyes to overlooked history, and save the places that are special to all of us.

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